Word Direct Answers

What does "memorial" mean?

Memorial: Contained in memory; as, a memorial possession.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Mnemonic; assisting the memory. This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the memorial word ASH. Skeat. Memorial Day. Same as Decoration Day. [U.S.]
  2. 3.Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or event; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a monument. Macaulay. Churches have names; some as memorials of peace, some of wisdom, some in memory of the Trinity itself. Hooker.
  3. 4.A memorandum; a record. [Obs. or R.] Hayward.
  4. 5.A written representation of facts, addressed to the government, or to some branch of it, or to a society, etc., -- often accompanied with a petition.
  5. 6.Memory; remembrance. [Obs.] Precious is the memorial of the just. Evelyn.
  6. 7.(Diplomacy) A species of informal state paper, much used in negotiation.

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